The Lavender Lycan and Her King

Chapter 2 Rejection Part 2

Lunera's POV

"We aren't ready like they are." Sapphire my wolf said.

"But if I don't change they will kill me and you know that." I cried.

"Yes I know that but you aren't of the proper age yet." She said calmly.

"I'm 16, every werewolf changes when they are 16," I told her and she made a growling noise in my head.

"You will change when it is time." She said to me.

I watched as all the wolves that were 16 changed into the werewolf form. Some were grey, brown, white, and black. The Lycan King had yet to show up which was a shock. I on the other could not change no matter how much I fought with Sapphire. She insisted that I needed to wait longer for my change for whatever reason. I wanted to press her on the issue but she didn't want to hear any of it. One thing did catch my attention though, a smell like none other. It smelled like sandalwood and pine and the smell drew me to find where it came from. I looked across the meadow to find the Alpha's son, who was my age, staring at me with wide eyes.

"MATE," Sapphire screamed in my head, s**t was all I could think.

"You have to be wrong!" I begged but she suddenly went silent.

He stormed toward me without a second thought and I could see the fury on his face and I knew before he ever reached me what he was going to say. Not one person in this pack liked me and they would never want me as their Luna. I cringed as he towered over me and before I could say a word his hand shot out and gripped my neck and lifted me off the ground choking me. I clawed at his hands desperate to get his hand off his neck so I could breathe. His fury was beyond anything that I could handle.

"Filthy mutt you can't even shift. Why the hell would I be okay with you being my mate? You will never be a Luna." He growled and his fist connected with my stomach and I felt searing pain.

"I, Future Alpha James, of the Black Blood pack reject you, Lunera Roderison as my mate and future Luna." He said in a harsh tone and I felt my blood run cold.

No pain could compare to the pain of rejection from my very own mate. He dropped me to the ground and I felt searing hot pain in my stomach as he kicked me over and over again. I couldn't even recover from the rejection as Sapphire whined in my head at losing her mate. She knew what was coming next and the fear of my death made me want to run from this pack and get far away. I couldn't tell which hurt more, the rejection or the beating he was giving me.

"Accept my rejection you filthy mutt." He snarled and yanked me up by my hair.

"I, Lunera Roderison, accept your rejection to be your mate and future Luna," I said and he growled and threw me on the ground. I would finally be free from all of this pain, it was about time.

"Kill her." He said with a dismissive tone two guards grabbed me and were ready to drag me to the dungeons when this overwhelming presence forced them and everyone else to their knees. I was the only one to remain standing. This force was unlike anything I had ever felt and it was livid.

"You will keep your hands off my mate you filthy wolves or you will die." A voice growled loudly.

I turned to see a man with red hair and striking blue eyes. He was built like a God and was at least 6.5. He was in a suit that was all black right down to the undershirt and tie. His hair was curly but not overly long and little shaggy but it made him look even better and was neatly styled. Under that shirt, I knew there were a lot of muscles. He smelled of evergreen and mint. This man was my true Mate from the moon goddess. Why James was my first mate, to begin with, I will never understand, but this man was mine and he knew it and he was not having what they done to me.

"My King we did not know that you had arrived," James said to him bowing but sending glares my way.

"Clearly or you would not have laid hands on my mate the way that you did." He growled approaching James.

"She was my mate. I was rejecting her, she is nothing more than a mutt that can't shift, my King." James said giving me yet another glare.

"A MUTT." The King Snarled grabbing James by the neck.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you in any way." He pleaded.

"She hasn't shifted because she is no common werewolf like the rest of you and if any of you had paid attention you would have known that she was a Lycan royal that has been missing for 16 years. I am assuming one of you killed her parents?" The king asked and I was shocked.

"The current Alpha did my lord." A woman said who looked just like the king.

"Thank you, sister." He said and looked at his men.

"Kill the Alpha and his son. Leave everyone else unharmed. I will appoint a new Alpha at a later date." So this was why Sapphire hated being called a werewolf, the king dropped James to the ground with a sickening thud and I realized he had killed him himself.

"My King," I said bowing.

"You do not need to call me king my dear mate. I have waited 300 years for you to call me Thesus dear." He said with a kind smile.

"Oh, I'm Lunera Roderison," I said in a shy voice.

"We should get you to the pack doctor, you aren't looking too good. Can you hear your lycan at all?" He asked.

"Yes, she told me that it wasn't time for me to shift yet," I told him.

"She would be correct. Lycans don't shift till they are 21. They can also heal you anytime you need them even before you shift, all you have to do is ask her." He said holding out his hand for me.

"Her name is Sapphire. I have never asked her for anything. She always hated being called a werewolf." I told him, still shy to be around this man. My first mate did try and kill me after all.

"Well, you are a Lycan the smell of your blood proves that much, how these mutts never caught on I will never know. I believe that the Alpha knew and that is why he killed your parents and took you into his pack. The Alpha knowingly hated your father for refusing to make him a Lycan." Thesus said to me.

"So you are saying he kidnapped me, made me a slave, beat and whipped me all because he hated my family," I said stopping and staring at Thesus.

"Yes. Though it is rare for a werewolf to even survive the change so it is forbidden to try and change them. We are above them and they know it so he is being punished for his crimes." The king said to me.

"I see," I said to him. I was feeling dizzy.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

I was feeling dizzy and nothing seemed to look right, everything was doubled. I had forgotten about the lashings that I had received earlier and about the blood that I had lost. I also forgot about the beatings that my caregiver and her children had given me. I felt myself falling but strong arms caught me before I hit the ground. Sparks exploded across my skin and set a fire ablaze that I couldn't stop. I heard a loud growl rip from his throat when he discovered blood on his hands and arms from my back and his eyes turned black. That was the last thing I saw before my vision went black.